Daughter of the Nile

Daughter of the Nile 1987

尼罗河女儿 ní luó hé nǚ'ér

Lin Hsiao-yang tries to keep her family together while working as a waitress at Kentucky Fried Chicken and going to night school. With no mother and her father currently working out of town, it is up to Lin Hsiao-yang to take care of her younger siblings, who are slipping into a life of crime.

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3.61 Beginner Director Hou Hsiao-hsien 🍅 100%

Cast

Yang Lin Lin Hsiao-Yang Jack Kao Jack Kao Lin Hsiao-Fang Li Tian-Lu Li Tian-Lu Grandfather Tsui Fu-Sheng Tsui Fu-Sheng Hsiao-Yang's Father Hsin Shu-Fen Hsin Shu-Fen Hsiao-Fen Grace Chen Grace Chen Wu Nien-jen Wu Nien-jen Tutor Lin Ju Lin Ju Yu An-shun Yu An-shun Hsiao-Yang's Classmate Sit Chi-Jing

Vocabulary

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杀 殺 shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
搞 搞 gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
将 將 jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
苦 苦 kǔ bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly Xiehouyu HSK 4
拜拜 拜拜 bái bái (loanword) bye-bye; also pr. [bai1 bai1] etc; (coll.) to part ways (with sb); (fig.) to have nothing further to do (with sb or sth) Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
回家吃自己 回家吃自己 huí jiā chī zì jǐ (coll.) (Tw) to get sacked; to be fired Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
老公 老公 lǎo gōng (coll.) husband Colloquialism HSK 4
老婆 老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
帅 帥 shuài (bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) Colloquialism HSK 4
嘉义 嘉義 Jiā yì Chiayi, a city and county in west Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
赖安 賴安 Lài ān Ryan (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
吉米 吉米 Jí mǐ Jimmy, Jimmie or Jimi (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
华视 華視 Huá shì Chinese Television System (CTS), Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
麦当娜 麥當娜 Mài dāng nà Madonna (1958-), US pop singer Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
圣子 聖子 Shèng zǐ Holy Son; Jesus Christ; God the Son (in the Christian Trinity) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
高雄 高雄 Gāo xióng Kaohsiung, a special municipality in south Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
肯德基 肯德基 Kěn dé jī KFC; Kentucky Fried Chicken Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
荆轲 荊軻 Jīng Kē Jing Ke (-227 BC), celebrated in verse and fiction as would-be assassin of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大安区 大安區 Dà ān Qū Da'an or Ta'an District of Taipei City, Taiwan; Da'an District of Zigong City, Sichuan; Da'an or Ta'an Township in Taichung County, Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
永和 永和 Yǒng hé Yonghe or Yungho city in New Taipei City, Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
耶利米 耶利米 Yē lì mǐ Jeremy or Jeremiah (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
巴比伦 巴比倫 Bā bǐ lún Babylon Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
下个月 下個月 xià gè yuè next month HSK 4
这样子 這樣子 zhè yàng zi so; such; this way; like this ∼HSK 4
曼 曼 màn long, extended, vast; beautiful ∼HSK 4
菲 菲 Fēi fragrant, luxuriant; the Philippines ∼HSK 4
薇 薇 wēi Osmunda regalis, a species of fern ∼HSK 4
屁 屁 pì break wind; fart; buttocks ∼HSK 4
二十世纪 二十世紀 èr shí shì jì 20th century ∼HSK 4
教导 教導 jiào dǎo to instruct; to teach; guidance; teaching ∼HSK 4
纪 紀 Jǐ record, annal, historical account ∼HSK 4
仔 仔 zǎi small thing, child; young animal ∼HSK 4
乖乖 乖乖 guāi guāi (of a child) well-behaved; obediently; (term of endearment for a child) darling; sweetie ∼HSK 4
当兵 當兵 dāng bīng to serve in the army; to be a soldier ∼HSK 4
呼叫 呼叫 hū jiào to shout; to yell; (telecommunications) to call ∼HSK 4
诅咒 詛咒 zǔ zhòu to curse ∼HSK 4
不光彩 不光彩 bù guāng cǎi disgraceful; dishonorable ∼HSK 4
牛仔 牛仔 niú zǎi cowboy ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
窗 牎 chuāng window ∼HSK 4
谢 謝 Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
杰 傑 jié hero; heroic, outstanding ∼HSK 4
苦日子 苦日子 kǔ rì zi hard times ∼HSK 4
一阵子 一陣子 yī zhèn zi a while; a spell; a short time; a burst ∼HSK 4
噩梦 噩夢 è mèng nightmare ∼HSK 4
梦到 夢到 mèng dào to dream of; to dream about ∼HSK 4
呼 呼 hū breathe sigh, exhale; call, shout ∼HSK 4
失手 失手 shī shǒu a slip; miscalculation; unwise move; accidentally; by mistake; to lose control; to be defeated ∼HSK 4
上厕所 上廁所 shàng cè suǒ to go to the bathroom ∼HSK 4